148: Ubuntu 21.04, Linux On Mars, Linux Kernel Bans University of Minnesota

On this episode of This Week in Linux, NASA has successfully flown a Linux and Open Source powered craft on Mars! In Distro News, Ubuntu has released “Hirsuite Hippo” so if you’re an Ubuntu user you will certainly want to check out Ubuntu 21.04 or perhaps one of the 21.04 Ubuntu Flavours which have also been released. Then we’ll check out the latest release of the Arch Linux based EndeavourOS. In App News, KDE has announced the first release of the Application Suite after the renaming to KDE Gear with KDE Gear 21.04. We’ll also check out the latest version of the Geary Email Client and Jellyfin’s new media player. Then we’ll jump right into so Drama because IBM has been a little bit of hot water with some confusion over their employee development policies and it turns out Research Papers can get an entire university banned from Linux Kernel contributions. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews! Sponsored by: do.co/dln Sponsored by: bitwarden.com/dln Downloads & Media  MP3 YouTube Segment Index * 00:00 = Welcome to TWIL 148* 01:33 = Flying On Mars Fueled By Open Source* 04:48 = Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsuite Hippo Released* 08:28 = Ubuntu Flavours 21.04 Released* 15:14 = EndeavourOS 2021.04 Released* 18:22 = Digital Ocean: VPS & App Platform ( https://do.co/dln )* 19:51 = IBM Clarifies Stance On Employee Development Policies (Original Mailing List Post)* 24:38 = Linux Kernel Bans University of Minnesota* 33:43 =